Sons
 sad/excite/wanton/distaste/love: always realistic and warm in the sense that you are close to a family. The struggle of the grandson is very much like the inner battles wang lung had to contend with in the first book. love is always found and always [... more]
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The Mother
Skimworthy, perhaps, but Buck had the right of it.: Pearl S. Buck, The Mother (Pocket, 1934) It is hard to know what to make of this early novel (her fourth) by Pearl S. Buck, who had won the Pulitzer Prize the year before for The Good Earth (her second) [... more]
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Imperial Woman
Ruthless Ambition: All about Tzu-Hsi, last empress of China, who reigned from the 1860's until her death in 1908. She reigned during a period of great transition in China, as the book goes on there is increasing pressure from outside - the nations of [... more]
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Kinfolk
Four American-born Chinese children come of age: This story covers the coming-of-age of four American-raised Chinese young people in the early 1900's. James, a talented young surgeon, decides to devote his life to serving the poor in China, and his [... more]
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Three Daughters of Madame Liang
A family divided by the Cultural Revolution: "The Three Daughters of Madame Liang" was Pearl S. Buck's last major novel and it holds its own with the best of her work. In Madame Liang, Buck has created a fascinating character, a woman who is [... more]
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Christmas Day in the Morning
The gift of love is the best gift of all.: This book truly exemplifies the true meaning of christmas, to love one another. When Rob, the 15 year old boy of a modest farm family, overhears his parents talking, he comes to realize the love his father has [... more]
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Christmas Day in the Morning
The gift of love is the best gift of all.: This book truly exemplifies the true meaning of christmas, to love one another. When Rob, the 15 year old boy of a modest farm family, overhears his parents talking, he comes to realize the love his father has [... more]
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Child Who Never Grew,The
Worth reading.: A very moving book. The book was written 50 years ago, and it sounds as current as if it had been written today. A mother's feelings are timeless. Read it now!: Somehow, Michener and Buck managed to cram an epic into under 200 pages. A [... more]
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The New Year
I wish that she hadn't written this!: While a 24 year old soldier in Korea, Chris Winters, an educated and newly married man, moved in with a beautiful Korean girl and fathered a child.When his tour of duty finished, he simply returned home and didn't [... more]
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The House of Earth: The Good Earth, Sons, and a House ...
very nice book...worth spend time to read: i've only read the first book of the trilogy..and i find it very interesting and true. because i am asian and this is the first time and first book that i've seen written by a non asian person who describe it so [... more]
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The Good Earth
Author: Pearl S. Buck Binding: Audio CD Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52 EAN: 9781433204081 Edition: Unabridged ISBN: 1433204088 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: 2007-07 [... more]
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A House Divided
Very good: It is my second favorite, it is written diferently than the other two. It's themes of finding love, and the new generation vs. the old. I'm glad the triology ended when it did; I don't think another book would have ended it as well. This was [... more]
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